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Cory Booker to tweeter: ‘I’ve got 99 problems and your ditch ain’t one’

by Similoluwa Ojurongbe | November 5, 2012 at 5:04 PM
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WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 13: Cory Booker, Reince Priebus and Susan Page attend USA TODAY unveils new look as it celebrates the next 30 years at National Portrait Gallery on September 13, 2012 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Leigh Vogel/Getty Images for USA Today)

WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 13: Cory Booker, Reince Priebus and Susan Page attend USA TODAY unveils new look as it celebrates the next 30 years at National Portrait Gallery on September 13, 2012 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Leigh Vogel/Getty Images for USA Today)

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Newark mayor Cory Booker has been ubiquitous in social media. Even before Hurricane Sandy, he saved his neighbor from a burning building, helped a pedestrian who was hit by a car, and shoveled snow from a constituent’s driveway. After Hurricane Sandy he invited Newark residents to come over and watch DVDs.

Now, Booker has written a classic tweet that has already gone viral.

Irish accountant Leey Daly thought that after all the help Booker has been giving to Newark residents, maybe he could get help with a pothole in his hometown.

Booker’s response: “I’ve got 99 problems and your ditch ain’t one.”

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